Quick Note: Brandade Pancakes

The new year brought a rush of activity that had made it hard to keep up with my blogging ‘duties’, but here is quick note on a nice idea for ‘recycling’ leftover brandade: just mix it up with an egg or two, give it a grind or two of black pepper and perhaps a bit of chopped parsley. (There should be no need for salt, as brandade is salty by nature, but taste it and see.) Fry the resulting batter in a bit of olive oil, browning it nicely on both sides.

Served with a green salad and washed down with a crisp white wine, this brandade pancake makes for a quick and tasty lunch or light weekend supper!

Post scriptum

I recently broke down and bought a slow cooker. Never imagined that I would own one—the awful crock pot cookery of the 70’s is still etched in my memory—but after reading some excellent chefs recommend it for, among other things, beans, broth and polenta, I decided to give it a go. Will be experimenting with various recipes and reporting back to you, dear readers, shortly.

slow cookers are just fine for some things, I use the ones I have (3 – yep, a collection starting from the 70's) for everything to slow cooking beans, meats, even roasting chicken, and for of course, keeping things warm… nothing beats a good ol' dutch oven or stockpot, but on the stove, ya always got to stir or meddle, with a slow cooker, you put it in and forget about it, that's what I like about it… as for as meals that require searing and sauteing first, heck, my thought is why mess up another pot

Couldn't fiind baccala in MN – next time- mail order. The idea of turning it into apancake intrigues. I have a slow cooker because I now live in the Midwest. I never use the slow cooker because I am from the east coast and we never did! Although I do have some polenta slow-cook recipes I want to try.

Hi Frank, Happy new year and it's nice to have you back. The recipe sounds really good, I will be reading the previous ones to see the complete cycle (so to speak). I'm curious about your slow cooker experience. Looking forward to those recipes as well.

What a beautiful pancake. I'm looking forward to your experiments with the slow cooker too. I use mine almost exclusively for lamb shanks, which are perfect for slow cookers. I'd like to use it for other things too, so I will look to you for ideas.

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